The Beaufort Scale describes wind speeds. What are the descriptions of the numbers?

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Calm
1
Light air
2
Light breeze
3
Gentle breeze
4
Moderate breeze
5
Fresh breeze
6
Strong breeze
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7
High wind
8
Gale
9
Strong gale
10
Storm
11
Violent storm
12
Hurricane force
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3 Comments
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Level 76
Jul 2, 2015
Also accept "hurricane" for 12?
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Level 68
Sep 5, 2017
+1. Hurricane is how I learned force 12
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Level 20
Aug 30, 2016
And 'severe gale' for 9?